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No, it means that you reduce risk by 60%, the threshold for efficacy that government agencies were looking at was around 30% so it’s definitely effective, just
by FuckButtons 6y ago
No, it means that you reduce risk by 60%, the threshold for efficacy that government agencies were looking at was around 30% so it’s definitely effective, just less so than the rna vaccines.
- throwaway2245 6y agoI'll take it that you are right, but even so, does 60% reduced risk change the economics of the virus, if there is still 40% of the risk? Does this give more than a couple of weeks grace on lockdown, if the critical limiting factor is ICU beds?
- jackweirdy 6y agoThe Oxford vaccine saw 95-100% efficacy when measuring specifically against serious cases requiring hospitalisation or death. 60% is the efficacy for symptomatically testing positive. You are more likely to get symptoms with the Oxford vaccine than an mRNA one, but no more likely to die or need hospital care https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/covid-vaccine-boost-for-millions-as-hospitals-near-breaking-point-vj7fpj2hr https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/covid-vaccine-boost-for-m...
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- Ntrails 6y agoIf you assume that R is currently 2 with 0% of the population able to be infected, is it reasonable to assume R would drop below 1 with 100% of the population having 60% probability of being immune?